Greenhouse Effects in Global Warming based on Analogical Reasoning

Using an analogy in science and everyday life is a double-edged sword because they are accompanied by alternative ideas, in addition to scientific concepts. Schools and public education explain global warming by making a common analogy between this phenomenon and greenhouse effects (Chen in Philos C...

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Published in:Foundations of science 2017-12, Vol.22 (4), p.827-847
Main Authors: Oh, Jun-Young, Jeon, Eui Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Cognition & reasoning
Comparative analysis
Education
Environmental education
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Mathematical Logic and Foundations
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Methods
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Reasoning
Schools
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Summary:Using an analogy in science and everyday life is a double-edged sword because they are accompanied by alternative ideas, in addition to scientific concepts. Schools and public education explain global warming by making a common analogy between this phenomenon and greenhouse effects (Chen in Philos Cogn Sci 105–114, 2012 ). Unfortunately, this analogy sometimes produces various incorrect explanatory mental models. To construct a correct understanding of global warming, it is necessary: first, to investigate the attributes of analogical reasoning; second, to understand these features by restructuring the greenhouse analogy; and third, to explore the problems and benefits of the greenhouse analogy. The characteristics of relations, rather than objects, must be mapped according to the principle of systematicity, but the public tends to preserve the attributes of the base domain, which is mapped relatively easily. In conclusion, certain facets of the prevailing greenhouse analogy cause a distorted public view of climate change. We must use the greenhouse analogy and yet simultaneously emphasize the relations and attributes highlighted and hidden in the analogy during evaluation.
ISSN:1233-1821
1572-8471
DOI:10.1007/s10699-016-9501-z